Let me just start by saying that planning a wedding has been extremely exciting and a lot easier than I thought, maybe the hard part hasn’t come yet, but for now I will keep enjoying it. In my first wedding planning update (that you can read here) we already had the venue, photographer, and band and I said I was going to be all hands on wedding stuff during the summer and that is exactly what we did.
The first task of the summer was finding a wedding coordinator. Back on March, Future Hubby, one of my Maids of Honor (because I have two, you can read about it here) and I, went to the Caribbean Bridal Expo at the Pedro Rosello Convention Center, (you can read about my experience here), and we saw and talk to a lot of people, but since I talked to Sofia Christina, of Bloom Events, on the first day I felt a connection, I knew she was the one. We met with other 2 coordinators before meeting officially with Sofia, and Future Hubby and I just felt she was a better fit for us. Even before meeting her and signing a contract, she was willing to help and to answer my doubts about the process and anything wedding related. She has been very helpful, organized, and has stay on top of everything. I am very pleased, we are still almost a year away from the wedding, and she has made us feel like a priority and that she is committed on making our wedding to be wonderful. She also has a blog with cute posts and helpful tips, go check it out here.
The other things we wanted to booked this summer were decor and the cake. With the cake happened the same as with the coordinator, we also met the person at the Expo, then I started following her on Facebook, and I was obsessed, she makes beautiful cakes. Before officially meeting, we had already talked on Facebook, she was great and then we tasted some of the flavors before we decided to go with here, although I was pretty sure it was going to be her. When we met her, she patiently heard our ideas and what we wanted, and told us what she could do to create a beautiful piece for us. We have tasted a lot of flavors that she offers, the only problem now is choosing the flavors we want. She also has started her own design and decoration business, and after consulting with other 2 decorators we decided to go with her too and I am beyond happy with my choice.
What is left for us to do is to find invitations, the person that will marry us, my dress and the person that will do my hair and makeup. Definitely we still have some important things left to do, and in my opinion the more fun and exciting of all. The best of all is that we still have time.
If there is something I want you to learn from my wedding updates posts, if you are getting married, is to visit weddings expos, exhibitions and fairs, were you will be able to see and talk to different suppliers, plus take some ideas for what you will want for your wedding. As you have read, I have found all my suppliers from the Expo, it was a great experience and totally worth it.
I will love to know what is your favorite part of a wedding and also, what is something you think is essential in a wedding. And most important, if you have any advise for wedding planning feel free to share it with me in the comments below.
Never stop dreaming,
♥ Steph